Festive Feasting Quotes

Pets, like their owners, tend to expand a little over the Christmas period.

Roast potatoes - I can't say no. At Christmas, I reach over for the fifth or sixth one, and I think I could keep going until I explode.

One thing I've told people with the holidays, cooking in particular - don't make something that stresses you out. If there's something you're intimidated to make, maybe just don't make it.

Lets talk about the holidays, more specifically, consumption during the holidays. If it's true that 'We are what we eat,' most of us would be unrecognizable during the period that ranges from the night before Thanksgiving through that day in early January when everyone decides to return to the gym.

The best way to celebrate the holidays is with some delicious food.

We expect too much at Christmas. It's got to be magical. It's got to go right. Feasting. Fun. The perfect present. All that anticipation. Take it easy. Love's the thing. The rest is tinsel.

I don't normally try to stay trim over the festive period - a nice little shift dress and some tights always hides the Christmas bulge.

The cheese board is my big treat at Christmas that I have to deny myself during the rest of year.

Even if some of us daren't admit it to ourselves, we are all a little conscious of Christmas weight gain. The trouble for foodies like myself is the best way to socialise is over a meal.

It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.

I eat everything I want on Christmas day. I really don't watch what I eat. It's not like you have Christmas every day!

Christmas is a good excuse to eat everything.